License-bracket



A. W. GABEL. LlCENSE BRACKET. APPLlCATloN HLED Nov. s, 1919'.

yPatented Aug. 16, 1921.

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.10` adapted to have secured thereto a license plate, such as are required l,to be cut to the shape represented in lState of New new and useful Brackets, of which the following is a specifi- `cation.

yThis invention has relation K,to brackets and -provide a bracket which may be or cut from a blank with a minimum'amount- -"of waste encres stares sarees oser apesar wia. Gassner Rocrrnsrnn, nsw YORK.

Applicationled November 8, 1919.

T 0 all 'whom z'f may co 1i een: -Be it .known that l, Aun-:nr lV. Ganci.,

Va citizen 'of the Vnitcd States. residing at the county of Monroe and York, have invented certain Improvements in License- Rochester, in

more particularly to a support Jr'or brackets tor autoniobi les, trucks or other motor vehicles.

The primary object of the invention is to patterned material and which comprisesbiit few and simple parts.

'A further object oi' the invention is to provide a bracket .of the character above described which can be readily and easily attached to any type of motor vehicle without the re( uiring of any special clamping means and w ich is further adapted tor the reception ot' means for illuminating' the number plate carried by the bracket.

The invention further consists in the detailsbf construction and combination of parts as are hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the specication and illustrated in the drawings, in wliich- Figure 1 is a front view ot' the completed bracket.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2`2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lens plate of the bracket, cut to shape and preparatory to being bent as indicated by the dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a similar view ot the body or main plate of the bracket and Fig. 5 is a top View of the bracket with a lens plate and body portion assembled.

The blank trom which this improved bracket may be stamped may be either of square or substantially rectangular shape, it depending upon the size to which the bracket is to be made. Both pieces of the bracket are preferably stamped from the vsame blank so as to provide for a saving in material and it may be so patterned as to be stamped from the blank with only a mini mum waste. The numeral 1 indicates the main or body plate of the bracket which is Fig. l having the edges 2 and 3 parallel to each other and perpendicular with respect to the Specification of Letters Patent.

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bottoni edge et. The plate is cut away along its other edge from a point 5 centrally located with respect to the opposite edges 2 and 2S, to provide inwardly sloping edges G and 7 respectively.v edges and 7 terminateabruptly from the ve1tical=})lane ot the parallel edges 2 and 3 and are joined to the latter by means of tlicl edges b. rlhe bracket is further provided with a number ot suitable slots 9thro`ugl1 which any suitable form of fastening device may be inserted rtor attaching the bracket to an auton'iob'ile, the particular forin of tasteniiig element suggesting itselinin accordance with the construction ot the vehicle frame to which the bracket'is to be attached.

'.llie lens plate l() as will benoted, isof a substantially triangular shape and is provided with blunt extremities 1i. An opening 12 is disposed centrally through the lens plate and is adapted to be covered by a lens an annular flange la. This tiange 14 may be a separate piece soldered about the opening 12, or may be provided by a number of radial slits about the edge of the opening 12, portions of the edges between certain slits being bent to extend dutwardly and against the lens member 13.

.The dotted uline structure illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 indicates the lines upon which the various portions of the members l and l() are bent, prior to their being joined t0- gether. The edge portions 2, 3 and 4 of the body member l are bent upwardly along their respective dotted lines to extend in substantially vertical relation tothe body portion l and in a similar manner the marginal portion lying between the dotted lines l5 and the edges 6, 7 and 8 are likewise bent upwardly -so as to be substantially perpendicular to the plane of the body member, in which )osition it is to be observed that the sloping edges 6 and 7 are substantially parallel with the body member l, while the edges 8 are at an angle therewith. The. marginal portion of the lens plate 10 may be bent upwardly in the saine manner as were the portions of the bracket 1 with the exception that 'the triangular ends 16 of the lens plate are bent so as to extend angularly from the lens plate and with this distnction: namely, that as the marginal portlons of the bracket body are vertically disposed forward of what may be termed the front face of the bracket plate, in the case of the lens plate, the marginal portion y and triangular ends extend rearwardly of what is the front face of the lens late when it is attached to the bracket mem er 1.

is place *In joining the-members 1 and 10 after -having been properly cut out and stam ed to the -r uired shape and sizeythe lens p ate upon the member 1 so that the apex 6' coincides with'the apex 5 oi the member 1 while the slopingflanges 17 fit over the edges 6 and y'7"1espectively, thus permitting the triangular yend 16 to fit snugly against the edges 8; these edges beingl ove anged by the bent ortions of the .end 16. Any improved met od of sealing the joints between the engaging ed es ofthe two members may then be emp oyed for uniting y.the two -elements in a unified structure. The bracket is thus completed and forms a suitable support or .carrier for any license plate, 'such as indicated by numeral 18 in the drawings, which should be fastened to the bracket by any suitable means 19. The license plate should be Afurther slotted as at 20; the slots'of the license plate being adapted to register 4with the slots of the bracket to permit passage of the fastening means therethrou h for securing the bracket to the automo ile frame'. The upper portion 21 as well as the bent over sloping portionshould be finished off and polished so as to provide a reflector for the lamp sovl as to direct light downy uponthe number plate so that the latter may be illu-` minated at ni ht.

While the a ove constitutesthe preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be uli-- derstood that such minor changes as are' desired may be `made as fall within' the scpe of the invention claimed.

aving thus fully described the invention,'what'is claimed as new is A device of the character specified com# ',prising a flat plate slotted at predetermined points to define a space for locating .a -license plate thereon and having side edges' be ond the space beveling to a point on onesi e of the late', one beveled side having vupstainding anges ailigularly inclined with respect to.ea'ch other to provide reflectorsu. for reflecting light upon the license space and illuminating means between the saidv f' 

